Who Sang Personal Jesus?

Personal Jesus — the hit that vaulted Depeche Mode to lasting legitimacy

• In a song that has only been recorded by a few of artists, sexuality and religion are intertwined.
• Monday, the 14th of January, 2019 A odd entry appeared in the ″personal″ section of a regional newspaper classified advertisement in the summer of 1989, drawing the attention of many Britons.
• ″Your very own personal Jesus,″ the message stated, followed by a phone number to call.
• The phone was dialed, and when you answered, you were greeted with two notes, followed by the command: ″Reach out and touch faith.″ An enticing guitar riff and foot-stomping rhythm followed shortly after.
• The ascension of ″Personal Jesus,″ a seductive blast of blasphemy or piety, depending on your point of view, and the song that elevated Depeche Mode to a position of permanent respectability, began with this statement.

The band had previously achieved success with synth-pop singles such as ″Just Can’t Get Enough″ in 1981 and ″People Are People″ in 1984.Upon arrival in the United States, they were rejected as dance music, a label that songwriter Martin Gore thought was patronizing.Depeche Mode aspired to be more than just a band.

With each each record, they developed a darker, sexier, and more industrial sound, which won them praise from reviewers and a huge following of devoted fans.They relocated to Milan in 1989 to begin production on their seventh studio album, Violator.The biography Elvis and Me, written by Priscilla Presley and published four years earlier, served as inspiration for ″Personal Jesus.″ In an interview with Rolling Stone, Gore explained that the film is about how Elvis was her man and mentor and ″how frequently that occurs in love relationships — how everybody’s heart is like a god in some way, and it’s not a very balanced picture of someone, is it?″ ″Personal Jesus″ was released as a single by Warner Bros.in August 1989, some months before the album was completed.The idea for the classified ad was conceived by the marketing department of the record company.

1. The personals were frequently invaded by phone sex lines and religious groups on the lookout for destitute individuals.
2. When it was discovered that the advertisement was promoting a song, some newspapers pulled the advertisement from their pages.
3. A religious or personal connection is offered in the song’s words, but the ominous synth and sexual moans make it clear that there’s a decadent undertone to this promise as well.
4. In the same way that a tent revival sermon might whip an audience into a frenzy, ″Personal Jesus″ had the ability to do the same.

• Paul Lester of the Melody Maker wrote a review of the band’s performance at Wembley Arena in 1990.
• ″Every single person in the arena raises their arms in the air and yells, ‘Reach out and touch faith,’″ he said in his blog post.
• In the United Kingdom, the song reached at number 13.
• The band was concerned that it would fail in the United States, since radio stations preferred not to insult individuals who hold religious convictions.
• With its rougher tastes, MTV had displaced radio as the primary route for musical mass media distribution.

The video, which featured the band dressed in Western attire coming into a ranching hamlet on horseback, was a hit with the channel.In the United States, the song peaked at number 28.The release of Violator, a collection of equally enticing content, allowed Depeche Mode to overcome all of their previous reputations and bring their electro-rock sound to the people.

1. Two covers of ″Personal Jesus″ stand out among the rest, both released in the early 2000s by artists who couldn’t be more different from one another: the bizarrely dressed hard-rock provocateur Marilyn Manson and the septuagenarian country singer and devout Christian Johnny Cash, both of whom were born in the same year.
2. When Manson recorded ″Personal Jesus″ as a single for his first best-of album, he was influenced by Depeche Mode’s industrial style, which he attributed to the band.
3. His version was propelled forward by a quick rhythm beat and his shaky vocal performance.
4. President George W.

Bush, who talked of his own relationship with Jesus as American soldiers bombarded Iraqi towns, was the inspiration for his choice.A brief appearance by Bush is included in the video, which is mostly filled with ominous views of the band in their ghoul make-up.A great observer of American hypocrisy, Manson appeared to be criticizing people who personalize their messiah as an individual.

Cash’s ″Personal Jesus″ appeared on his fourth studio album for producer Rick Rubin’s American Recordings label, which included old standards, pop classics, and stripped-down arrangements of recent songs such as Nine Inch Nails’ ″Hurt.″ Cash’s ″Personal Jesus″ was written by Cash and was written for him by his father, Johnny Cash.Cash’s ″Personal Jesus″ is a stripped-down acoustic guitar and piano performance.In Cash’s low-key voice and delivery, an offer of ″your own personal Jesus″ seems like a promise to demonstrate to the receiver the selflessness and devotion of the singer’s savior.″That’s probably the most evangelical song ever recorded,″ remarked Cash, who had previously recorded cover versions of a slew of gospel tunes for his own CD.″I’m not sure if that was the writer’s intention when he wrote it, but that’s how it came out.″ We are interested in hearing from our readers.

What are your own recollections of the ‘Personal Jesus’ are like?If you have any questions, please post them in the comments area below.″The Life of a Song Volume 2: The intriguing story behind 50 more of the world’s best-loved songs,″ compiled by David Cheal and Jan Dalley, is published by Brewer’s.BMG Rights Management/Mute Records Ltd; Polydor Associated Labels; Virgin EMI are among the companies that have contributed to the music.Photograph courtesy of Rob Verhorst/Redferns

Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode – Songfacts

• This was inspired by Priscilla Presley’s book Elvis And Me, in which she describes her and Elvis’s bond with one other. Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore made the following statement: ″It’s a song about being a Jesus for someone else, about being someone who gives you hope and caring when you need it. That she had Elvis as her boyfriend and mentor is the subject of the song, which is about how often it occurs in love relationships – how everyone’s heart is like a god in some manner – and that isn’t a very balanced picture of someone, is it?″
• On his 2002 CD American IV, The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash recorded a stripped-down rendition of the song. According to Martin Gore, who spoke to The London Times, the band was completely ignorant Johnny Cash had sung this song. When the three of them learned about the recording by the country legend, they were understandably overjoyed.. Going forward, Gore believes that when you’re someone of Johnny Cash’s quality, you shouldn’t have to beg permission. The following is Cash’s explanation of why he opted to cover this song, as published in Mojo October 2013: ″That seemed like a church song to me. And, if you conceive of it as a gospel hymn, it works out very well for you. We didn’t have any huge disagreements over the song
• I simply happened to hear that a few of people had recorded it, and the composer encouraged me to give it a shot, which I did and absolutely enjoyed. And I decided to go for it.″
• At the time of its release, this was the best-selling 12-inch single in Warner Bros. history
• the video for this song was the first by Depeche Mode to receive substantial rotation on MTV. The film, directed by Anton Corbijn, is set in the Old West and stars Dave Gahan and Martin Gore in the roles of cowboys. While Gore is huffing and puffing throughout the song’s heavy breathing portion (about 2:20), there are some close-up silhouette views of him, followed by a shot of a horse’s hindquarters. The fact that it happened at that time, according to Gore, ″was more fortuitous than intentional.″ ″I don’t know whether Anton was actively attempting to be twisted
• I believe it was more coincidence,″ Gore said in an interview with Uncut. ″These video guys have a really unusual way of seeing things.″ Due to the fact that it was a little too much for MTV, Corbijn created an edit that removed some of the silhouette breathing, which was the version that was broadcast on the network
• Marilyn Manson covered this song on their 2004 album Lest We Forget. This particular rendition was included in the teaser for the 2011 film Priest. Credit for the suggestion goes to: Elliot is from St. Louis, Missouri.
• This music served as the inspiration for the Hillary Duff song ″Reach Out,″ which was released in 2008. When Duff sings the song, the words are changed from ″Reach out and touch faith″ to ″Reach out and touch me.″ Def Leppard recorded a cover version of this song for their 2018 compilation album The Story So Far: The Best of Def Leppard. As the band’s producer and sound technician Ronan McHugh plays ″Personal Jesus″ on a daily basis to test the PA system, they picked that specific tune.

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It was covered in 48 different songs.Johnny Cash’s song ″Personal Jesus″ (2002) Shaka Ponk’s Country / Folk Personal Jesus was released in 2011.Def Leppard’s Rock / Pop Personal Jesus was released in 2012.(2018) Marilyn Manson’s rock / pop Jesus is a personal favorite of mine (2004) Jazzystics’ Personal Jesus, featuring Karen Souza, is a rock / pop song (2006) Jazz and blues are two of the most popular musical styles.

1. Renzo Baltuzzi’s personal Jesus is depicted in this painting (2014) Eläkeläiset’s Luikurihumppa is a rock / pop song (1995) Chateau Pop’s Personal Jesus is a rock / pop song (2017) Nina Hagen’s rock / pop personal Jesus is a work of art (2010) Richard Cheese’s rock / pop Jesus is a personal favorite (2006) Personal Jesus by 3 Minute Solution is an easy-to-listen-to song (2005) Hooligans’ Personal Jesus is a rock / pop song (2003) Lollipop Lust Kill’s Personal Jesus is a rock / pop song (2002) The Gospel According to Jesus is a rock / pop personal Jesus (2006) Personal Jesus (97), a rock / pop song by Mindless Self Indulgence (2015) Personal Jesus by Bebo Best, Evelins, and Mr.
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Find Jesus in Johnny Cash’s song “Personal Jesus”

Finding someone who will be there for us at all times might be tough to come by. The good news is that we don’t need to be concerned because we have Jesus, who will always be there to listen to us totally. Furthermore, Jesus will send a representative on our behalf in order to demonstrate His love and trust for us.

“Personal Jesus” Origin

The song ″Personal Jesus,″ written by Martin Gore and performed by the band Depeche Mode in 1989, was composed by Martin Gore. As a result of the song’s popularity, it has been covered by a number of musicians and placed on their albums. Johnny Cash recorded the song in 2002 and included it on his album American IV: The Man Comes Around, which was released in 2002.

The Song’s Content and Reflection

It’s possible that we’ll never understand how Jesus achieves it.The fact that he is always there for us and never complains is beyond me.It’s incredible that Jesus will always be there for us, no matter who we are or where we are.A little about God and about meeting someone who will let you know that Jesus is within them and that they will rescue you are the themes of this song.

1. Do you have a personal Jesus in your life that you can refer to?
2. That individual, like Jesus, will always be present to illuminate and lead us on our journey through life.
3. No matter who that someone is, the point is that they are there.
4. This person might be a complete stranger, your partner, a friend, or someone else you are familiar with.
5. Jesus operates in unfathomable ways that we will never be able to comprehend.
6. He will use someone to assist us with whatever we are going through in our lives at the time.

Remember to express your gratitude to Jesus for sending someone who would save you, as well as to cultivate a lovely connection with Him in the process.

Cover Versions

Marilyn Manson, who recorded the song in 2004, and Sammy Hagar are two examples of musicians who have covered it.

Johnny Cash Version

Cash recorded the song without the knowledge of the other members of the band.It is a gospel hymn, which he identifies as such, and he enjoys it.Most of us are well known that Cash enjoyed recording evangelical music, and the songs themselves are all wonderful.When the band learned that Cash had recorded a rendition of their song, they were overjoyed that such a legendary artist as Cash had recorded their song.

The Song’s Inspiration

The biography Pricilla Presley wrote about her time with Elvis Presley served as inspiration for the song. More information may be found at Country Thang Daily, and you can also follow us on Facebook for more updates.

Depeche Mode; Johnny Cash – “Personal Jesus”

Don’t Forget the Songs-365: Mach Tres: Day 43 of the Year of the Song 11th of March, 2013 (Monday) Depeche Mode’s ″Personal Jesus″ is available for purchase.1989 ″Reach out and make contact with Faith.″ Whenever you hear someone talk about the history of Depeche Mode, the only thing that comes to mind is the album ″Personal Jesus,″ which was a watershed moment.Modesty may have been a thing in 1987 when they released the album Music for the Masses, but with the release of Violator two years later, the band literally took over the world by incorporating composer Martin Gore’s classic twangy guitar riff, which became a key component of their trademark electronic sound.Many Martin Gore devotees are familiar with the tale of how ″Personal Jesus″ came to be known; in fact, it has become something of a legend among Depeche Mode fans.

1. Gore had been reading Elvis & Me, a biography on Priscilla Presley authored by Sandra Harmon and titled Elvis & Me.
2. The following is Priscilla’s description of her marriage to Elvis in the book: ″Over the years, he became my father, husband, and very nearly God.″ Gore described Depeche Mode’s biggest success this way: ″It’s a song about being a Jesus for someone else, about being someone who can offer you hope and caring when you’re down.″ That Elvis was both her boyfriend and mentor is the subject of the song, which is about how this happens frequently in love relationships — how everyone’s heart is like a god in some manner.
3. We act as if we are gods for other people, but no one is flawless, and it isn’t a very balanced perspective of someone, is it?″ Depeche Mode’s career was transformed by a song about Elvis Presley’s marriage to Priscilla Presley.
4. The theme from ″Jesus″ served as the basis for the following two big songs from the album, Songs of Faith and Devotion’s ″I Feel You″ and Ultra’s ″Barrel of a Gun,″ both of which became hits.
5. When Andrew Fletcher told Pitchfork, ″We just wanted to create an impression with the first single,″ he was in complete agreement.
6. That’s something we’ve attempted to achieve from the beginning.

To a certain extent, ″Barrel of a Gun″ and even ″Personal Jesus″ fall under this category.We’re back, just to let you know.It comes across as a little forceful.Only three minutes are devoted to this video.

1. The record has a plethora of music that we will be able to release in the future that are more…
2. radio-friendly.″ Depeche Mode went from being a young synth pop band to becoming a full fledged electric rock band that changed the course of modern music because of that legendary Gore guitar riff.
3. A religious slogan layered over a sensuous electro-riff beat, ″Reach and touch faith″ was more than just an unforgettable chorused hook for a British band that would go on to dominate the American music scene.

1. It would inspire a generation of rockers to follow in the band’s footsteps.
2. According to Jake Brown’s book Rick Rubin, a specific American country music superstar, Man in Black, took a love to Gore’s song, as Johnny Cash stated to NPR in Jake Brown’s book Rick Rubin: Rick Rubin: The Studio is a place where artists may express themselves.
3. The song is, without a doubt, the most evangelical gospel tune I’ve ever recorded.″ I’m not sure whether it was intended to be that way, but that’s what it came out as.
4. There you will find comfort, guidance, a shoulder to rest on, and a hand to cling onto as you follow your personal Jesus.″ This is what Martin Gore had to say about Johnny Cash performing his most infamous Depeche Mode song, ″Personal Jesus,″ which was covered by Cash himself.
5. I consider him to be a hero, and we were quite privileged to meet him.

• His song is one of my favorites.
• It means a great deal to us that the cover version was included in his final few albums (before he went away).″ ″Personal Jesus″ was performed acoustically by Johnny Cash, while Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante contributed a variant of Martin Gore’s popular chord progression to the song.
• When asked about recording Martin’s song, Frusciante stated, ″Rick Rubin knew I was a fan of Depeche Mode, so he brought me in.″ Because I happened to know Martin Gore’s original concept for the songs by coincidence, it was quite simple for me to present to him a similar version on the acoustic guitar at the end of the project.″ As Frusciante described, ″I recorded it in the length of time it takes to play the song and emailed it to Rick, and Johnny sang along with a scratch vocal.″ Unfortunately, the two never met in person because of the miracles of current recording technology.
• ″I never had the opportunity to meet him.″ John Frusciante shouldn’t feel awful about himself; I don’t believe Martin Gore ever met Johnny Cash, and he’s the one who created the song ″Personal Jesus,″ after all.

• It is because of Johnny Cash that the song ″Reach and touch faith,″ which was originally an alternative mantra about love obsession, will long be remembered as one of Johnny Cash’s favorite church songs.
• Despite the fact that Gore was thinking about Elvis Presley, it is interesting to note that it was his The King’s old buddy Johnny Cash who would immortalize Gore’s most famous song.
• Whether you like Depeche Mode’s original or not, Johnny Cash’s cover of ″Personal Jesus″ will convert you.
• If you don’t like the electronic riffed original, Johnny Cash’s version will convert you.

Here’s where you can get Johnny Cash’s excellent cover version: And here’s the Depeche Mode original video, which was inspired by the Spaghetti Western:

The celebrity marriage that inspired Personal Jesus by Depeche Mode

10:21 a.m.on August 29, 2021 One of the finest tracks by the British electronica band was released in 1989, and it remains one of their best.But what was the source of inspiration for the song?Depeche Mode grew from a happy synth pop band in the mid-1980s to become one of the most successful alternative artists in the world by the mid-1990s.

1. While they had become a stadium act in the United States by the end of the decade, its primary composer Martin Gore still managed to get some of the most contemplative and distressing songs onto America’s radios and into the hands of children.
2. On no other song except the single Personal Jesus, which was published on August 29, 1989, and later included on the album Violator, which was released on March 19, 1990, was this more evident.
3. The song, which included a stomping percussion and the uncommon – at least for Depeche Mode – sound of a twanging guitar, praised the merits of ″Your own personal Jesus – someone to hear your prayers, someone who cares,″ among other things.
4. Depeche Mode’s record label Mute ran personal advertising in certain local newspapers with the phrase ″YOUR OWN PERSONAL JESUS″ written in white writing on a black square…
5. as well as a London phone number…
6. to promote the new tune.

When the intrepid dialed the phone number, they were able to hear the new song.A lot of people assumed that the song was about the commercialization of religion because of this, especially those in the United States, where preachers would collect money for donations on a regular basis on television.Martin Gore, speaking to Spin magazine in July 1990, revealed that the lyrics were really based on Priscilla Presley’s memoirs Elvis And Me, which she wrote about her father.His explanation was that the song was about ″becoming Jesus for someone else, someone who can offer you hope and caring.

1. ″ That she considered Elvis Presley her man and mentor and how frequently that occurs in romantic relationships; that everyone’s heart is like a god in some manner; and that this isn’t a very balanced perspective of someone, is it?″ The song was released months and months ahead of the release of the band’s debut album, Violator, which didn’t come until the following March.
2. When Personal Jesus reached Number 13 in the UK charts in the summer of 1989, it was accompanied by this pretty attractive acoustic rendition.
3. Johnny Cash, a very pious country music superstar, notably performed the song in 2002 for his album American IV: The Man Comes Around, which was released in 2002.

1. ″It seemed like a church hymn to me,″ he subsequently said.
2. ″I’m not sure if that was the writer’s intention when he wrote it, but that’s how it came out.″

Johnny Cash’s Beautiful Cover of ″Personal Jesus″

Personal Jesus was originally a song by Depeche Mode, who sang it in their video for the song. The electric band’s origins are in the United Kingdom. The song was the band’s first gold-certified single in the United States since 1984’s ″People Are People,″ and it was also their first Top 40 hit in the country since 1984’s ″People Are People.″

Johnny Cash’s Version

Did you know that the members of the electric band were completely unaware that the country icon had covered one of their songs?When they learned about it, they stated, ″I believe that when you’re someone of Johnny Cash’s quality, you don’t ask permission.″ It is a wonderful credit to Johnny’s accomplishments that he has attained the degree of respect that other artists have for him.When asked why he chose to cover this song, the singer responds as follows: ″I heard it as a church song and thought it was cool.″ And, if you conceive of it as a gospel hymn, it works out very well for you.We didn’t have any huge disagreements over the song; I simply happened to hear that a few of people had recorded it, and the composer encouraged me to give it a shot, which I did and absolutely enjoyed.

1. ″I decided to go for it.″ Because Johnny Cash intended the song to be more personal, it has been reduced down to its essentials.
2. He is aware of the song’s message, and he wishes to do credit to it through his cover.
3. This is why Johnny is revered not only by country music lovers, but also by fans of other genres of music.
4. It is because of the enthusiasm with which he performs that he is so successful.

Lyrics Breakdown

Faith may be felt when you reach out and touch it.Jesus, who is uniquely yours Someone to listen in on your prayers Someone who is concerned Jesus, who is uniquely yours You will find that the phrases in the song speak especially to your own unique connection with Jesus.It speaks of the importance of having someone you can rely on when you are in trouble.When you are in distress, you need someone you can turn to.

1. Isn’t it true that we all require a little rest and relaxation from time to time?
2. The song encourages us to never give up hope since we all have a personal Jesus in our lives, as the song points out.
3. It may be your parents, a sibling, friends, or even Jesus Christ himself!
4. That is the power of religion in its purest form.
5. The ability to boost you up when you are down and out.

Hurt — Trent Reznor’s ‘valentine to the sufferer’ was deepened by Johnny Cash

This melancholy Nine Inch Nails piece served as the country singer’s farewell song.In the ″People also ask″ section that appears when you put ″Trent Reznor Hurt″ into Google, you’ll see queries such as: ″Is Hurt by Johnny Cash or Nine Inch Nails?″ ″Who did the original version of Hurt?″ and ″Is Hurt by Nine Inch Nails a cover?″ Despite the fact that ″Hurt″ is a highly personal song for its songwriter, Trent Reznor, the vocalist of the industrial-rock band Nine Inch Nails, the song has been estranged from him.Breaking away from its alt-rock roots, ″Hurt″ has crossed genres, having been recast for cellos and Gregorian chant, among other instruments.The song’s broad appeal is demonstrated by the journey it takes the listener on.

1. Reznor released the promotional song ″Hurt″ on April 17, 1995, to coincide with the release of his debut album.
2. According to him, it is ″a little poetry that I penned in my bedroom.″ The song was created by the singer-songwriter amid a period of extreme despair in his life.
3. The property he was renting in Los Angeles’ Benedict Canyon had previously been owned by Sharon Tate, who was murdered as a result of the Manson family’s actions.
4. Reznor was drawn to the door by the silhouette of the word ″pig,″ which had been scribbled on it the night of the murder and has since been painted over; he called his studio in the building ″Le Pig″ in honor of the victim.
5. However, ″Hurt″ continues the heritage of the building by carrying its door handle as a keepsake.
6. The first few words of the song, ″I harmed myself today/ to check if I still feel/ I focus on the pain/ the only thing that’s real,″ have been taken as a reference to self-harm, which is understandable given the context.

In 1994, Trent Reznor told USA Today that he was not ashamed of the fact that he hated himself and didn’t like who he was, but that ″maybe there is real human communication that ends up positive even though everything being said is negative.″ The palpable self-loathing in the song is part of a larger theme within Nine Inch Nails’ album from the time, The Downward Spiral: ″I’m not proud to say I hate myself and don’t like who I A plethora of bands have now recognized the importance of ″genuine human contact.″ Leona Lewis, winner of the X-Factor, sang a very emotional pop version of the song at the Royal Variety Show in 2011.In 1995, David Bowie embarked on a tour with Nine Inch Nails, at which time Bowie and Reznor collaborated on the song ″Hurt.″ Frank Peterson, a German producer who specializes in Gregorian chant adaptations of pop and rock songs, covered ″Hurt″ for inclusion on his 2004 album, The Dark Side.The end product is unexpectedly uplifting.In 2011, the Croatian-Slovenian duet 2Cellos created an instrumental version of the song that, while it is primarily instrumental, retains much of the emotional intensity of the original.

1. However, Johnny Cash’s version of the song, recorded in 2002 for the fourth of his stripped-down American Recordings albums with producer Rick Rubin, is the most potent and instantly recognizable rendition – surpassing even the original in terms of popularity.
2. It’s true that Cash didn’t write the song (although he did substitute Reznor’s ″crown of crap″ for his own ″crown of thorns″), but he sings it with just as much intensity as Reznor, giving it a whole new layer of meaning.
3. In the beginning, Reznor was apprehensive about Cash singing his song, expecting that it would be ″gimmicky,″ and he was underwhelmed when he first heard Cash’s rendition of his song.

1. However, after watching the video, his perspective shifted.
2. He recognized the significance of the moment with ″tears welling up, quiet, shivers.″ Mark Romanek directed the music video for Cash’s rendition of the song.
3. Recognizing that he would have limited time to film owing to Cash’s failing health, Romanek boarded a plane to Tennessee in search of the ideal site, which he eventually discovered: the House of Cash museum.
4. His decision to film there was based on the concept that he could be ″extremely frank″ about Johnny’s condition, much as Johnny has always been in his lyrics, he explained.
5. He focused on the deterioration and the sense of time passing in the setting.

• A cameo appearance by Cash’s wife, June Carter, is included in the video.
• She passed just three months after the filming began, and Cash died a few months after.
• Physical vulnerability is heaped on top of the emotional fragility that existed previously, and the result is devastating.
• With his face silhouetted against a harsh yellow light at the end of the video, Cash shutts the lid of the piano and puts his aging hands on top of the instrument.

• Reznor’s ″valentine to the suffering″ became Cash’s farewell song at that point in time.
• Reznor expressed his dissatisfaction with the video by saying, ″That music is no longer mine.″ What are your recollections of the movie ″Hurt″?
• Which of the two versions do you prefer?
• Please share your thoughts in the comments box below.

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Post your questions for Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan

In the next installment of our new series in which Guardian readers submit questions to celebrities in the worlds of cinema and music, we speak with Dave Gahan, frontman of Depeche Mode, whose current record with the duet Soulsavers will be released next month.Depeche Mode have been carving out their own darkly lit corner of British music for more than four decades, managing to be at once campy, gothic, joyful, and gloomy, often all in the course of a single song.Founded in Basildon in 1980 by Gahan, Martin Gore, Vince Clarke, and Andy Fletcher, their debut album Speak and Spell is considered a landmark in electro-pop, featuring hit singles Just Can’t Get Enough and New Life, which were distinguished by Gahan’s declarative voice over rigid, highly melodic programed backings.Despite the departure of Clarke to create Yazoo, Depeche Mode managed to weather the early turbulence and settle into a slowly darker rhythm during the 1980s, with the drums becoming increasingly heavy and industrial guitars beginning to sneak into the mix.

1. Violator, released in 1990 and powered by glam-rock anthem Personal Jesus and the magnificently mournful Enjoy the Silence, propelled them to global stardom.
2. With Gahan alternately purring soft entreaties and making stern statements in his rich baritone range, the group had five more UK Top 10 albums before their breakthrough album, 1990’s Violator.
3. However, as their international success grew – the band’s next album, the even darker Songs of Faith and Devotion, peaked at No.
4. 1 in the UK – so did tension within the group, as well as Gahan’s drug use: he became addicted to heroin and nearly died after an overdose in 1996 before being resuscitated.
5. Gahan was saved by rehab, and the band returned to the studio to record Ultra, which became another chart-topper and the first of six more albums until 2017’s Spirit; they continue to be an energetic, crowd-pleasing live prospect, with a 2017 Guardian review praising them as follows: ″Gahan contorts his wiry frame, twirls balletically, strikes Christ poses, and touches himself in post-watershed places…remains one of those great frontmen with During this time period, Gahan also recorded two solo albums and later collaborated with the production duo Soulsavers on two additional albums.
6. It will be published on November 12th as the band’s third studio album, Imposter, which includes cover versions of songs by Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Neil Young, and other artists.

Just in time for the album’s release, Gahan will be answering your questions on anything and everything related to his tumultuous but utterly brilliant creative career.Please post them in the comments section below by 6 p.m.on Monday, October 18.We’ll publish his responses in our print issue of Film & Music, which will be published on October 22nd, as well as on our website.

Flashback: See Johnny Cash’s Final Public Performance

On September 12th, 2003, the world said goodbye to the Man in Black, Johnny Cash, in a heartbreaking manner.At the time of his death, the 71-year-old American superstar was still grieving the death of his wife of 35 years, June Carter Cash, four months earlier.He died in the early morning hours of March 31 at Nashville’s Baptist Hospital due to complications from diabetes.A member of the Rock & Roll, Country Music, Nashville Songwriters, and Memphis Music Halls of Fame, Cash had been enjoying a brief period of resurgence in popularity following the release of ″Hurt,″ a cover of a Nine Inch Nails song that was transformed into a haunting epitaph full of regret and remorse thanks to Cash’s unforgettable performance and his frail, gaunt appearance in the video that has become a classic.

1. The legend’s final live performance, which took place just two months after the death of his beloved June — and two months before his own death — is all that is required to understand the overwhelming anguish depicted in that video clip, though.
2. Hiltons, Virginia, was chosen as the location because it was close to Bristol, Virginia, which is known as the ″Birthplace of Country Music,″ and where groups such as the Carter Family did some of the very first country records.
3. Cash was introduced by one of the Carter Family Fold’s founders, Janette Carter, the daughter of Sara and A.P.
4. Carter, who together with Maybelle Carter made up two-thirds of the original Carter Family.
5. The Carter Family Fold is located just three miles down a narrow country road from Hiltons in a large wooden structure known as the Carter Family Fold.
6. As a result of his tours and recordings with the Carter Family during the 1960s, Cash would become inextricably attached to the family when he married June Carter, the second of Mother Maybelle’s three children.

In spite of the fact that Cash was unable to walk to the microphone without assistance, she refused to be wheeled up to the stage in a wheelchair, as Janette Carter said.Cash was helped to the center of the stage by two assistants, and for the next 30 minutes, he and his band wowed the enthusiastic audience with a remarkable set list that included songs such as ″Folsom Prison Blues,″ ″I Walk the Line,″ and ″Sunday Morning Comin’ Down,″ before taking a moment to poignantly reflect on his late wife in a moment during which the audience fell silent.In his words, ″the spirit of June Carter is hovering over me right now.″ The love she had for me and the love I have for her allow us to connect someplace between here and Heaven.″ She came down for a brief visit tonight, I believe, from Heaven, to speak with me and provide me with strength and inspiration, as she always does.″ He followed up those sincere comments with a rousing rendition of ″Ring of Fire,″ a song he co-wrote with Merle Kilgore and which went on to become one of his best songs and was written by June.

1. Despite the fact that he was having difficulty strumming his guitar at times, Cash continued with the gospel song ″Angel Band,″ which he claimed his wife, who was not suffering from any health problems at the time, had requested to be performed at her memorial service by the Oak Ridge Boys, Larry Gatlin, and Emmylou Harris.
2. With a performance of ″Big River,″ Cash returned to his early repertoire, appearing to find fresh life in the song and even managing to crack ironic smiles throughout an otherwise gloomy set.
3. It was at this moment that Cash brought up the fact that electronic instruments were being used on a stage that had previously been recognized for predominantly acoustic performances.

1. Cousin Janette’s explanation to the crowd as Cash approached the stage, accompanied by electric instruments, was recounted by Cash while sat behind her and her brother, Family Fold co-founder Joe Carter, who was seated behind him.
2. ″I know we don’t allow anybody to plug in while they’re here, but June stated that Johnny Cash was already hooked in when she met him,″ Carter added, to resounding ovation and a mixture of laughter and tears from the audience.
3. Carter died in 2006 after a long battle with cancer.
4. It was odd that Cash’s final live performance was of a song that he had not sung on stage in almost 25 years.
5. Cash’s 1964 single ″Understand Your Man,″ which used portions of the tune from his pal Bob Dylan’s ″Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright,″ was a six-week top-ten hit for him on the Billboard Hot 100 list.

• Cash’s caustic response to a quarrel with his first wife, Vivian Liberto, the mother of his four kids, was written at a period when Cash was battling with drug and alcohol addiction, and his grueling touring schedule added more strain to the marriage, which ended in divorce in 1968.
• As Cash’s final live performance, ″Understand Your Man″ may seem like an outlandish conclusion, but it serves as a poignant reminder that Cash was a one-of-a-kind performer and songwriter throughout his life: a rebellious, unrelentingly entertaining, and intimidating presence.

ON THE RECORD: How did Depeche Mode get its name?

Q: How did the band Depeche Mode come up with their moniker?Even though the foundations of Depeche Mode may be traced back to 1976, the band was officially founded in Basildon, England, in 1980.With a sound that was almost exclusively based on the synthesizer, they quickly established themselves as one of the most successful of the techno-pop bands of the 1980s..Martin Gore, the band’s primary songwriter, has stated that the name was derived from a French fashion magazine in which the band appeared.

1. The term derives from the notions of ″hurried fashion″ and ″fashion dispatch,″ which were appealing to him and his bandmates.
2. Q: I recall hearing that Stephen Stills had discovered some old recordings that he had done with Jimi Hendrix before to Hendrix’s death in 1970, and that he had released them.
3. Is it possible that the recordings will be made available to the public in the future?
4. During an interview with the New York Times in 2008, Stephen Stills’ Crosby Stills & Nash bandmate Graham Nash stated that the singer-songwriter had uncovered an album’s worth of material while going through tapes from his enormous vault of old recordings.
5. A: From shortly after the release of Experience in 1968 until Hendrix’s death in 1970, Hendrix and Stills had been jamming together on a regular basis.
6. It was reported in March 2013 that the album ″People, Hell, and Angels″ was made available.

It also contains a number of other artists, including Stills, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles, among others.Cox and Hendrix were both members of the 101st US Army Airborne Division.Later on, he and Miles would establish the band Band of Gypsys.The vocals of Gram Parsons were changed by Roger McGuinn before to the publication of The Byrds’ ″Sweetheart of the Rodeo″ album, which was due to legal issues.

1. Were the original tracks, with Parsons’ voice, ever made available for purchase?
2. In 1967, following the departure of founding members David Crosby and Michael Clarke, the Byrds recruited Gram Parsons and Kevin Kelley to fill the void left by Crosby and Clarke.
3. As a result of this change in personnel, they began a transition to a more country-flavored sound, which culminated in the publication of ″Sweetheart of the Rodeo″ in 1968.

1. When LHI Records claimed that Parsons was still under contract to them, the band was threatened with legal action prior to the release of the record.
2. Because of this imminent threat, McGuinn took up the lead vocals on three songs for Parson.
3. However, there has been some conjecture that the removal of Parsons’ vocals may have been motivated more by the desire to keep Parsons out of the spotlight than by the prospect of legal action.
4. Without a doubt this was a contributing factor to the album’s first release containing only three songs with Parsons on lead, rather of the six that were initially planned.
5. Parsons would leave the Byrds a few months later and go on to establish the Flying Burrito Brothers with his friends.

• Parsons died of a heroin overdose in 1973, after having spent two years with the group and three years as a solo artist.
• It was released in 2003 as part of the 35th anniversary Legacy Edition of ″Sweetheart of the Rodeo,″ which includes the songs ″The Christian Life,″ ″You Don’t Miss Your Water,″ and ″One Hundred Years from Now″ with Parsons’ original vocals, as well as outtakes and rehearsal versions of other songs from the original album.
• Despite the fact that it was not economically successful at the time, the album has proven extremely influential, and it is widely recognized as one of the earliest examples of country rock.
• Can you tell me the name of that song?

• What happened to them now?
• What is the significance of that lyric?
• [email protected] is the address to use for queries concerning songs, albums, and the musicians that perform them.
• Durham, North Carolina-based freelance music writers Bradford Brady and John Maron are located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Martin Gore – Wikipedia

Martin Gore
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Algemene informatie
Volledige naam	Martin Lee Gore
Geboren	Basildon, 23 juli 1961
Land	Verenigd Koninkrijk
Werk
Jaren actief	1979 – heden
Genre(s)	Synthpop, new wave, alternative dance, electronic rock, industrial rock, rock, alternatieve rock, baroque pop, darkwave, industrial, dance rock
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Martin Lee Gore (born July 23, 1961 in Basildon, England) is an English musician.He is a member of the rock band Depeche Mode and also a songwriter.Gore is the band’s gitarist and toetsenist, as well as its bassist.In 1981, a year after the formation of the band, Vince Clarke recruited Gore from Depeche Mode, and he quickly rose to become the most important songwriter in the band.

1. Gore may also be heard in a number of songs, most notably in those that have the potential to be categorized as ‘zachtere’ ballades.
2. His bright tenorstem creates an interesting contrast with Dave Gahan’s dark baritonstem in this performance.
3. When the first stem was cut, one of the uitzonderings was Somebody, who was one of the other uitzonderings.

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